Why humans need to matter

Why do humans have this deep need to feel like we matter? Subscribe to our channel! http://goo.gl/0bsAjO Sean Illing talks with the philosopher Rebecca Goldstein about why “mattering” is not the same thing as being important, how the hunger for validation can go really, really badly, and the different ways we try to justify our lives to ourselves. Love. God. Winning. Greatness. Service. Host: Sean Illing (@SeanIlling) Guest: Rebecca Goldstein, author of The Mattering Instinct Chapter Titles 1:13 Why do we want to matter? 8:39 How important are other people in our quest to matter? 14:48 Why are we so needy? 21:08 What are the different ways to matter? 31:18 What happens when a “mattering project” fails? 32:26 What does it mean to matter in politics? We would love to hear from you. To tell us what you thought of this episode, email us at thegrayarea@vox.com or leave us a voicemail at 1-800-214-5749. Your comments and questions help us make a better show. And you can watch new episodes of The Gray Area on YouTube. New episodes drop every Monday and Friday. Listen to The Gray Area ad-free by becoming a Vox Member: vox.com/members. Vox.com is a news website that helps you cut through the noise and understand what's really driving the events in the headlines. Check out http://www.vox.com. Watch our full video catalog: http://goo.gl/IZONyE Follow Vox on Facebook: http://goo.gl/U2g06o Or Twitter: http://goo.gl/XFrZ5H

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